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[At Pixar] there is very high tolerance for eccentricity, very creative, and to the point where some are strange…
-Ed Catmull
Joyriders
"If you want to be original, you have to accept the uncertainty, even when it's uncomfortable, and have the capability to recover when your organization takes a big risk and fails"
~Ed Catmull
Innovation has resulted from extreme creativity and Unity!!!
Pixar University
"If you don't create an atmosphere in which risk can be easily taken, in which weird ideas can be floated, then it's likely you're going to be producing work that will look derivative in the marketplace"
- University Dean Randy Nelson.
office space.
Creativity Flows through the company's environment....
TAKE RISKS
Creativity is THE process, Mode = Unity
- Regular meetings emphasizing on communication
- 'All for one, one for all' attitude
- Pixar helped make each individual sense that they are directly responsible for everyone else
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History, Core values/ideas, & Culture
I don’t like hard rules at all. I think they’re all bullshit. –Ed Catmull
"a movie contains literally tens of thousands of ideas. They're in the form of every sentence; in the performance of each line; in the design of characters, sets, backgrounds; in the locations of the camera; in the colors, the lighting, and the pacing. Creativity must be present at every level of every artistic and technical part of the organization."
~ Ed Catmull, Pixar President & co-founder
The History of Pixar!
Core Values:
Examples of Innovative Work:
Shorts
- Creativity is Innovation
- Each movie has originated from a single idea
- Which spawned into more ideas added to the single
Films:
- Creativity
- Unity
- Innovation
- Geri's Game
- For the Birds
- Luxo Jr.
- Andre
- Wally B
- Toy Story 1,2, & 3
- A Bug's Life
- Monsters Inc.
- Finding Nemo
- The Incredibles
- Cars
- Wall-E
- Up
In Order for Pixar to stay ahead of the competition:
- Started as a CGI division in the early 1980's by Lucasfilm Ltd.
- Purchased by Apple's Steve Jobs who turned it into Pixar
- Produced several shorts and commercials all while receiving awards and nominations
The Core Idea:
- Finding a good idea
- Take risks in order to succeed at a higher level